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Spain

16 Years Ranked

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Provided by David Franco

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David is a corporate M&A partner in the firm’s Global Transactions practice. During 25 years of professional career, 15 of which as a partner at Freshfields, he has attained deep expertise counselling in large and complex multi-jurisdictional transactions. He advises a range of listed and unlisted clients, including private equity firms, institutional investors, SOEs, financial institutions, large corporations and industrials. His transactional practice covers a broad spectrum of cross-border M&A work (mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, joint ventures, carve-outs) as well as solvent restructurings, corporate governance and shareholder litigation. David’s sector experience includes financial institutions, energy, real estate and infrastructure among others.

Career

David became a partner in 2007 and was the Managing Partner of the Freshfields’ Madrid office for seven years (2015-2021). He has a Law Degree from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, a Business Administration Diploma from Universidad San Pablo CEU and a Master’s degree from the Universidad Carlos III.

Professional Memberships

Madrid Bar Association.

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